By Jim Jonassen Founder, JJA Venture Search As the Great Recession unfolded 10 years ago, the startup scene in Los Angeles was a minor outpost. Today it’s one of the world’s fastest growing startup ecosystems with technology and digital-first companies and jobs leading the way. And that has triggered a tectonic shift in the Southern California…
Justin Biel, trends editor at Grow Wire wrote a great article, “Here’s How Your Company Can Slam Shut Its Skills Gap.” covering three main points: Tech companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled workers, according to a recent worldwide survey of CIOs. Your company can approach the IT skills gap–or any skills gap–in two…
To Win the War for Talent, Think Like a Sports Team Owner When will companies finally get it? Winning is first and foremost about the talent. Most problems in startups, large public corporations and SMBs alike are talent related. Companies have distinct personalities and cultures. But somehow, the people who populate and run those citadels…
It starts with knowing who you are. In our last post, we provided some coaching around upgrading your resume including tips for both content and formatting. Some resumes just jump out based on the individual’s pedigree. By this I am referring to the academic credentials, the quality of employers, the rapid progression, the tenure in…
Years ago, many of the calls we as Headhunters made elicited a response of “How did you get my resume?” I literally haven’t heard that one since LinkedIn became the shared repository of every business bio on the planet. These days, we get asked all the time, “Do I really need to do a resume…
Why Top Talent is the Key to Every CEO’s Profitability Imperative Is it Time to Shake Things Up? By Jim Jonassen Founder, JJA Venture Search In the pendulous cycles of startup and emerging growth tech investment, greed has clearly swung to fear. Financing rounds are tougher to close and valuations are rapidly coming back down…
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